Due Date You must file/pay your LLC’s Annual Registration Fee between January 1st and April 1st every year. Your first one is not due though until the year following the year of your LLC approval.

Where do I find my Georgia LLC approval date? You will find your Georgia LLC’s approval date in 2 places. It’ll be in the upper-right corner of your Articles of Organization and it’ll be in the middle of the page on your Certificate of Organization.

When is my first Annual Registration Fee due? Your first LLC Annual Registration Fee is not due until the year after your Georgia LLC is approval.

Some examples:

If your Georgia LLC is approved on February 20th 2019, your first Annual Registration Fee is due between January 1st – April 1st of 2020.

If your Georgia LLC is approved on June 1st 2019, your first Annual Registration Fee is due between January 1st – April 1st of 2020.

If your Georgia LLC is approved on December 31st 2019, your first Annual Registration Fee is due between January 1st – April 1st of 2020.

Penalty The state will charge a $25 late fee if you file after April 1st. If you continue to ignore this requirement the state may eventually dissolve your Georgia LLC.

Reminders Georgia will send reminders every year in January. Even if you don’t receive this reminder, it’s still your responsibility to make sure you pay the Annual Registration Fee each year. For this reason, we recommend putting a repeating reminder on your calendar.

If you don’t need to update your LLC’s contact information:

2. Click the “One Click Annual Registration With No Changes” button at the top.

3. Enter your LLC name in the search box and click “Search Business”.

4. Find your LLC in the list, click the “Select” button to the right, then click “Continue”.

5. Check off the box agreeing to the terms, enter your full name in the “Authorizer Name” box, and in the “Authorizer Title” drop down list, select “Member” if you are one of the LLC owners, or select a different title if applicable.

If you need to update your LLC’s contact information:

2. Click the “Express Annual Registration With Changes” button at the top.

3. Enter your LLC name in the search box and click “Search Business”.

4. Find your LLC in the list, click the “Select” button to the right, then click “Continue”.

5. Registered Agent Changes: If you need to make changes to your Registered Agent, please see the details below. If not, just skip to #6.

Edit existing Registered Agent: If you need to update your existing Registered Agent’s information, you can click the “pencil icon” to make changes.

Remove old Registered Agent and add a new one: If you need to change your Registered Agent altogether, you can click the “trash can icon” to remove the existing one.

If your new Registered Agent is an individual person, click the “Create Registered Agent” button, enter their information and then save.

Quirk: If the “Create Registered Agent” button is grayed out, you’ll need to enter any name in the “Registered Agent Name” box and click “Search”. Just close the next popup window that you see and now the “Create Registered Agent” button will be clickable.

If your new Registered Agent is a company, enter their name in the “Registered Agent Name” box and click the “Search” button. A popup window will appear. Find your Commercial Registered Agent in the list and click the “Select” circle to the right. Then click the “OK” button at the bottom to save.

If you see your Commercial Registered Agent listed dozens of times, that’s normal. Just select any one that has the correct address.

Tip: if you’re not sure about who can be your Registered Agent, please refer back to this lesson: Georgia Registered Agent.

6. Principal Office Address: If you need to make changes to your Principal Office Address, you can do so here, or just leave as-is if no changes are needed.

7. Check off the box agreeing to the terms, enter your full name in the “Authorizer Name” box, and in the “Authorizer Title” drop down list, select “Member” if you are one of the LLC owners, or select a different title if applicable.

8. Review page: review your information for any typos. If you need to make changes, click the “Back” button. If everything looks good, click the “File Annual Registration” button.

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Hai LuMarch 24, 2017

Your guide is super easy to follow and all the forms needed to file were there. Thanks you so much for breaking this down in the most simplest form. This guide makes it a breeze to form a business. Not everybody is a business major or savvy. Again, thanks you for all your hard work in putting this informative guide.

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